Some songs wont play

you need to create files on the card saying Music Video Picture and then try again

maybe they got corrupted try putting them on the music player again or try getting the same songs but diff versions of the file and you could try last to convert the songs to a diff format then put them on the player if its the the same songs on both the players that wont play then its the songs and not the player

try to rest it if that is not working download the upgarding firmware utility

and give it a a firmawre upgrade.
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/926770/en-us

plz rate as good as u can so we can help others.

I CAN DOWNLOAD SONGS ON MY MP3 PLAYER BUT WHEN I GO TO LISTEN TO THEM IT SAYS FILE OPENED FAILED

I had this happen a few years ago. I spoke with Apple and they told me to make sure that the auto synch is turned off and that manual selection is enabled.

You may have to reload you songs back up into the Ipod. You should restore the Ipod back to factory settings first in case there is something corrupted in it.

I get this a lot with MP3s and it is because of the chips that Apple used in these iPods. It's only in the very latest ones they have solved this by using a different manufacturer. The best way I found to solve this was convert all the MP3s to AAC.

To do this, in iTunes

1. go to the preferences and in the General section where it says 'When I insert a CD' or similar there is an ImportSettings button. Click this and in here there is a selector for 'ImportUsing' and change it to AAC - The native codec for the iPod. Save all this
   
2. then in the main music library select the song you want to repair and right-click (ctrl-click on a mac) then choose 'Create AAC Version'. This will convert it.
   
3. Now right click it and choose 'Show in Explorer' (Finder on a Mac) and delete the MP3 version.
   
4. Back in iTunes if it made duplicate listings for the song try to play it. If it plays that's the AAC version if it doesn't thats the old MP3 version and needs deleting.
5. Transfer the AAC version into any Playlists you had associated with it for the iPod.
6. Done.

Kind of a pain if you've got loads of them to do but it does work. I tried repairing the mp3s in other software but the ipod still had issues with them so AAC is the way to go. (You can also convert them back to MP3 from the AACs which also fixes it but if you haven't transfered the AACs to the iPod it wont recognise the change of file for the MP3s)

Hope this helps you out.

All the best
Sean
PiDigital

Yes. You have to have an active account to keep listening to those songs. On another note (no pun intended) anything that you OWN in your music files will play for you.
I quit the subscription from Best Buy, deleted the songs I didn't own and now I am satisfied.

delete the track that skips and then put it back on again and let me no if it still happenes

This generally happens when the music is encoded at a low "bitrate", its called clipping. Only solution is to remove the songs from the device. Best of Luck.

Do the songs skip when they are played on your computer? If they aren't, it could be an issue with the iPod.